"Rats" wrote in message ...
US F86 sabres shot down a lot of Mig 15s in the Korean War. The ratio was
around 8 - 1. I recently watched a documentary about the confrontation
between these two planes. Apparently they were quite evenly matched with the
F86 having a slight overall advantage. In the end the high ratio was
attributed to the superiour skills and experience of the US pilots. Many of
them were WWII veterans while the North Korean and Chinese pilots had bugger
all experience. However what was interesting was that some Russian pilots
also flew against the US. Does anyone have any accurate records on what the
kill:loss ratio against Russian pilots in the Korean War were?

Russia data shows a bit diffrent picture. According to recently
published official data "Russia and USSR in wars of XX century.
the statistical survey", ed. G.F. Krivisheev, Olma-press, 2001, Moscow.
p. 524. It says:

"... Totaly soviet pilots made 63000 sorties, participated in 1790
air battles, where they shot down 1309 enemy planes. ... Totaly
soviet Air forces lost 335 planes and 120 pilots in the war. Total
losses of soviet military personel in Korean war was 315 men including
168 officers and 147 sergants and soldiers."

Thus it is 1309/335 = 4:1 in our advantage.

Michael